Series 2 - Bridget Tenny letter

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P/P155/58/2

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Bridget Tenny letter

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  • 1855-1978 (Creation)

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Elizabeth Briely, Honorary Secretary of the Charleville & District Historical and Archaeological Society, donated this copy of the letter to Kerby A. Miller per her letter of 23 January 1978. She in turn obtained the letter from Patrick Fennesst of Ballyhea, Charleville, County Cork.

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Reproductions and transcripts of a 24 August 1855 letter sent by a women named Bridget (surname Tenny/Tenney/Fenney/Tunney] in Wisconsin to her family back in Ireland. The letter describes hardship on the American frontier and provides news of family and acquaintances. Also included is a letter from the Charleville & District Historical and Archaeological Society forwarding the reproduction.

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